The National Council of Women of Great Britain

Analysis

The National Council of Women of Great Britain is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Co. Durham. It was registered in November 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00502692). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The National Council of Women of Great Britain reported income of £17k and spending of £96k, spending 568% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £13k to £17k (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 363% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The National Council of Women of Great Britain sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Veera Tamilar Munnani UK (£17k), The Children of Sumatra (£17k) and The Dawn Christadelphian Committee for India (£17k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.